Esther Ramirez Payne
Sun, 10/03/2021 - 5:00am
Esther Ramirez Payne, 58yr., resident of San Marcos,Texas, passed away September 29, 2021 in San Antonio Tx
Esther Ramirez Payne, 58yr., resident of San Marcos,Texas, passed away September 29, 2021 in San Antonio Tx
Betty Jo Stark, 89, of Lockhart, Texas, died on Thursday, September 30, 2021. A visitation will take place at Thomason Funeral Home in Lockhart on Tuesday, October 5 from 4 to 7 p.m. A graveside service will take place at Capital Parks Cemetery in Pflugerville, Texas on Wednesday, October 6 at 11 a.m. Arrangements are under the direction of Thomason Funeral Home. For more information and to sign the online registry, please visit thomasonfuneralhome.com.
Lucio Aguirre, 66, of New Braunfels, Texas, died on Sunday, September 12, 2021. Visitation will be at Thomason Funeral Home in San Marcos on Monday, October 11 from 4 to 8 p.m. with a recitation of the holy rosary at 7 p.m. Arrangements are under the direction of Thomason Funeral Home. For more information and to sign the online registry, please visit thomasonfuneralhome.com.
Dorothy M. Arthur, 99, of Wimberley, Texas, died on Thursday, September 23, 2021. Services took place at Thomason Funeral Home in Wimberley on Tuesday, September 28, followed by interment at Wimberley Cemetery. Arrangements were under the direction of Thomason Funeral Home. For more information and to sign the online registry, please visit thomasonfuneralhome.com.
Jerome Wayne Harris, 27, of Luling, Texas, died on Saturday, September 25, 2021. A celebration of life was held on Saturday, October 2 at Thomason Funeral Home in Lockhart. Interment followed at the Ebbon Cemetery in Luling, Texas. Arrangements were under the direction of Thomason Funeral Home. For more information and to sign the online registry, please visit thomasonfuneralhome.com.
Judith “Judy” L. Yost, 78, of Wimberley, Texas, died on Saturday, September 25, 2021. Services will take place at a later time. Arrangements were under the direction of Thomason Funeral Home. For more information and to sign the online registry, please visit thomasonfuneralhome.com.
Deloris Jones, 96, of Wimberley, Texas, died on Monday, September 27, 2021. Services will take place at a later time. Arrangements were under the direction of Thomason Funeral Home. For more information and to sign the online registry, please visit thomasonfuneralhome.com.
Front entrance of Hansen’s historic hillside house features colorful native plants.
Bold yellow esperanza and pale blue plumbago blossoms contrast with minimal carpet grass lawn edged with passalong irises. Photos by Sharon Lockett
Backyard artist’s studio (with guardian cat) is a semi-shaded retreat and outdoor workplace.
Front lawn plants include yellow esperanza (with drooping seedpods), deep purple blossoms of giant spiderwort, and blue plumbago. Photos by Sharon Lockett
Old-fashioned native plants decorate the front garden of one of San Marcos’ historic houses on Burleson Street, home of local artist Johanna Kohlleppel Hansen, and Spring Lake Garden Club’s Yard of the Month for October. Brilliant yellow blooms of esperanza mingle with deep purple spiderwort and pale blue plumbago blossoms in this hillside yard between Blanco and Moore Street in the Lindsey-Rogers historic district.
Be prepared to be scared: SMAL returns with its Halloween art installation starting Oct. 23. Photo Submitted by the Price Center
Around 60 window spaces have been allotted to participants in Art Scared at various businesses around the Square. Photo submitted by The Price Center
The San Marcos Art League (SMAL) is pleased to be bringing Art Scared back to the downtown Square on Saturday, Oct. 23. The temporary Halloween public art installation is open to area children, elementary through high school age. Participants are invited to paint a section of a designated window with a fall or Halloween-themed image. Painted windows will remain on display for the public to enjoy through early November.
Goldilocks Creeping Jenny hangs down like 24K gold in this planter box with violet colored pansies.
Lemon Coral sedum gently tumbles over the edge of this mixed container with pansies, tall dianthus and Evergold carex grass. Photos by Norman Winter
This cool season container offers a variety of texture and color with pansies, Ogon Japanese sweet flag, Goldilocks Creeping Jenny and Burgundy Glow ajuga. Photo by Norman Winter
Perennials for cool season containers may seem like the proverbial horticultural oxymoron, but that is exactly what I have been planting the last few days in my zone 8a landscape. My favorite pansy pals are Goldilocks lysimachia, Lemon Coral sedum, Ogon Japanese sweet flag and Burgundy Glow ajuga.
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